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Counting Down to Super Bowl LI: Super Bowl XLIV

It’s Championship Week in the NFL, and as four teams look set to try to punch their tickets to Super Bowl LI in Houston, we look back to Super Bowl XLIV between the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts.

Super Bowl XLIV was a game played between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. The final score of the game was 31-17. The game was played on February 7, 2010 and there were a total of 74,059 fans who attended the game. The main referee of the game was Scott Green and it was held in Miami Gardens Florida at Sun Life Stadium.

Drew Brees was the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV. He was the quarterback for the Saints and he completed 32 out of 39 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns. Drew Brees and Tom Brady tied a Super Bowl record for a total of 32 completions each. Tom Brady’s record was recorded during Super Bowl XXXVIII.

The CBS network aired Super Bowl XLIV and there were a total of 153.4 million viewers who tuned in to watch this game. The cost of a 30 second commercial during this game was almost $3 million dollars. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms were two of the main announcers at this Super Bowl game. The halftime show for Super Bowl XLIV was The Who.

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